This week, team members across the system will receive a short HealthStream CBL (computer-based learning) assignment in their Outlook email, with information about how to be a hand hygiene observer.
More about this initiative
To meet minimum hand hygiene observation requirements from LeapFrog – a hospital safety and quality ratings system – our acute care facilities will be partnering with various team members to assist in the data collection. This CBL presents education on correct hand hygiene and instruction on how to observe and record hand hygiene for the LeapFrog initiative, and requires an attestation that the team member has completed the CBL.
What should you do next?
- All team members should go ahead and complete the CBL in HealthStream by April 30.
- For those who have not been asked to collect hand hygiene observations, no further action is required once the CBL is completed.
- Team members asked to participate in observation collection will be contacted by their manager with next steps beyond completing the CBL.
Hand hygiene is the foundation of infection prevention and the No. 1 way to prevent the transmission of organisms. It is the responsibility of all team members.
Thank you for completing the CBL and for keeping our facilities as safe as possible by practicing proper hand hygiene!
